Advertisement Natural disasters WorldAmericas Colombia leader asks Trump to suspend tariffs after deadly quake The country is reeling from the tremor that left 300 people dead and destroyed almost 13,000 homes 1-MIN READ1-MIN Listen Agence France-Presse Published: 7:43am, 16 Aug 2026 Colombia’s new President Abelardo de la Espriella on Saturday called on his US counterpart […]
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Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Mourners placed tributes after 15 people were murdered near Bondi Beach ByDearbail Jordan Published 48 minutes ago Australia’s most populous state will launch a gun buyback scheme later this year, becoming the first to offer cash in exchange for firearms in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack. Gun […]
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play videoplay video Video Duration play-arrow Virus spreading in DRC faster than containment efforts. Read more The Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has already killed 2,000 people. It is spreading faster than any previous outbreak, outpacing efforts to contain it, says the World Health Organization (WHO). So, what’s driving this crisis? […]
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Watch: Buildings partially collapse in Indonesia after 7.7 earthquake ByEmma Rossiter Published 40 minutes ago Rescue teams in Indonesia have been searching for survivors of Saturday’s major earthquake which left at least 47 people dead. […]
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Advertisement Education in Hong Kong OpinionHong Kong Opinion Opinion Ryan IpandDavid Yu Chak-wai Hong Kong’s new university town a test of the city’s global ambitions Done correctly, the Northern Metropolis University Town can create new international connections and redefine what higher education can achieve 3-MIN READ3-MIN Listen Ryan IpandDavid Yu Chak-wai Published: 5:30am, 16 Aug […]
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Advertisement Science ChinaScience China’s 1MW perovskite solar farm beats silicon system in industrial-scale test Scientists develop ’robust, easy, industry-ready’ approach to making large, energy efficient modules from the ultra-thin material 3-MIN READ3-MIN Listen Ling Xinin Ohio Published: 6:00am, 16 Aug 2026 A China-led team has cleared the last major hurdle in the race to commercialise […]
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ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Migrants wait to enter a short-stay centre CETI at Trampolin beach in Spain’s Ceuta enclave in Morocco on August 15, 2026 [AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and The Associated Press Published On 15 Aug 202615 […]
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Security forces in Fnideq have stepped up operations to prevent migrants from crossing into Ceuta.
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ListenListen (4 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Pete Hoekstra, the US ambassador to Canada, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, in March 2025 [File: Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press] By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 15 Aug 202615 Aug 2026 An official petition […]
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